Fever

Abstract

Working with the layering and scraping of paint on acoustic guitars, Fever draws parallels between painted layers and our image of the world around us. Today’s technology gives us access to a vast array of sources of information yet we are often force fed with one packaged and near-blindly accepted explanation of each particular event. There is an obvious need to analyse situations from different perspectives but there is an equal necessity in scrutinising each and every picture we are presented with. Details fall away and narratives are coloured by the storyteller, intentionally or not. In the worst cases truths are painted over in favour of agendas or the governing politics of the day. Using the guitar as a carrier, Fever attempts to encourage a clawing away at these painted layers to reveal other truths hidden beneath.